Olatunde runs brilliant PB to make 100m semi-finals

Israel Olatunde ran a scorching personal best of 10.19 seconds to win his men's 100m heat at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Monday morning.

This is the 20-year-old's first outdoor senior championships and he started with a bang. It was a highly impressive run, as Olatunde - running in lane 8 - finished just 0.01 off Paul Hession's 100m Irish record.

"Championships are about beating the fella next to you, but Munich should be a fast track, so you just never know what could happen," Olatunde had said in the build-up to his heat.

"I've only lost one outdoor race all season and I have raced against some fast guys."

Elsewhere Eric Favors missed out on the shot put final, finishing in 15th place. The top 12 went through but the Raheny Shamrock AC man didn't make the cut after throwing 19.34m, 19.38m and 19.71m.